Cleansing-machine.



PATENTED APR. 30, 1907. W. H. DUNN.

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WILLIAM II. DUNN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OLEANSlNG Specification of Letters Patent.

-MACHlNE.

' Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed March 16, 1906. Serial No. 306,476-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM II. DU N, a citizen of the I nited States of America, re.- siding at No. 20.1.8 West Adams street, in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a (leansing-hlachine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the production of a simple and inexpensive cleansing machine and has for its special object the production of suclra machine in which the articles to be cleansed may be introduced, cleansed and removed without the necessity of introducing the hands into the cleansing lluid, and in which the cleansing lluid will be thoroughly and effectively circulated tln'ough the articles to be cleansed.

To the eilectuation of the above objects my invention consists of the new and novel form and combination of parts will pres- In the drawings z--Figure 1 is a vertical section of the containing tank and circulator assembled. Fig. 2 is a section of the splashriIn. Fig. 3 a detail of a portion of the circulator. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the receptacle for holding the articles to be cleansed. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the containing tank and eirculator with the cover and splashrim removed.

The reference numeral 1 designates the containing tank which may be madein any desired form which will permit of the rotation of the circulator to be hereafter described. In the present embodiment of my invention I have given the tank the form of a bucket or pail. At the center of the bottom of the tank is provided the short post 2 extending into the tank and having in its top thedepression 2). The tank is further provided with the bail 4 for the purpose of easily lifting it and the cut away portion 5 through which projects the handle U for rotating the eirculatm'.

For the purpose of circulating the cleansing fluid 1 provide the eirculator consisting of the hub plate 7 having on its under side the projection S. Extending radially from the hub plate 7 are the spokes or pieces 9 the outer ends of which are connected with the strengthei'iing hoop ll) and the practically vertical pieces ll. The upper ends of the vertical pieces I l are connected by means of, the h o and are fu r re-inforccd by l means of the pieces 13 which are practically L shaped in cross-section. To alternate spokes Land vertical pieces 11 are attachedl or the )urposc of holding the articles to be cleanse I provide the wire or open work receptacle or basket 15 having the bail 16 b) which it can be lifted For preventing the cleansing lluid from being splashed from the tank I provide the splash-rim 17, which consisls of the outer wall 18 closely contacting l be inside of the containing tank 1, the inner wall 1!) which curves upward and extends over the top of the tank 1 after its juncture with the outer wall 18, and the curved bottom wall 20 which connects the bottoms of the walls 18 and 19 and curves over the hoop 12 of the circulator. The cover 21 is further provided for covering', the tank 1. rests upon the top of the splash-rim.

To operate my machine the circulator is placed in the tank with-the projection 8 rest mg in the depression 3. The basket 15 containing the articles to be cleansed is laced in the circulator. The splash-rim 15 adjusted, a sullieient amount of cleansing fluid poured into the tank, and the cover or top 21 put in place. The circulator is then oscilated by means of the handle 6 extending It will be.

through the cut away portion 5. seen that the plates 14 extending at an an le to the direction of rotation create a circu ation of the cleansing fluid over, around, abodi' and through tlicarticles to be cleansed.

It is evident, from the foregoing description, taken in connect-ion with the drawings, that I rovide a simple, inexpensive and practical cleansing machine.

IIaving described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z-- In a cleansing machine, the combination of a containing tank, a circulator rotatably located therein" having radial and vertical members rovided with plates set at an angle to the wa ls ol the containing tank adjacent This top eXR-mding frmn the top rim thereof outthereby.

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wardly through an aperture in the upper part 7 WILLlAM ii DUE N of containing tank, and & containing basket adapted to be placed wlthm said am winter and to be support-ed apd rotated Witnesses:

'0. LEWgs FRANING, AGNES Domaim. 

